Creativity is All About Risk-taking and the Joy in Life
An Interview with Professor Suzanne Greenberg
Suzanne Greenberg’s creative work has appeared in numerous publications, including LA Fiction Anthology, Mississippi Review 39 1–3, Thirty Years, the Santa Monica Review, The Washington Post Magazine, Mississippi Review, and West Branch, among other journals. Her novel Lesson Plans (Prospect Park Books), was chosen as a Library Journal Editor’s Pick and named “One of 7 Great Books from Small Presses that are Worth Your Time,” by Reader’s Digest. Her short story collection, Speed-Walk, and Other Stories won the Drue Heinz Literature Prize.
She is also the co-author of Everyday Creative Writing: Panning for Gold in the Kitchen Sink (McGraw Hill) and, with Lisa Glatt, two children’s novels, Abigail Iris: The One and Only and Abigail Iris: The Pet Project (Walker Books/Bloomsbury USA).
She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland and teaches creative writing at California State University, Long Beach, where she is a professor of English. More information and samples of her work can be found at www.suzannegreenberg.com
Why do we write?
I write because I love language and its possibilities, the way words can create scenes, characters and…
